ANTONIO SOLER
Sonatas For Harpshichord Vol 3 Gilbert Rowland (Harpsichord) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/May/2008 ] "amazing technical dexterity of Rowland's powerful and dazzling performances " - Fanfare |
ANTONIO SOLER
Sonatas For Harpshichord Vol 4 Gilbert Rowland (Harpsichord) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/May/2008 ] The Catalan composer Antonio Soler had his early musical education at Montserrat. In 1752 he joined the Jeronymite order at the Escorial, where he became maestro de capella. He was able to study with Domenico Scarlatti in Madrid and became involved... |
ANTONIO SOLER
Sonatas For Harpshichord Vol 1 Gilbert Rowland (Harpsichord) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/May/2008 ] "Gilbert Rowland's playing...can be both brilliant and expressive, with nicely formed trills which end firmly and under rhythmic control." (Early Music Review) |
ANTONIO SOLER
Sonatas For Harpshichord Vol 2 Gilbert Rowland (Harpsichord) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/May/2008 ] The ongoing series from Naxos |
SOLER
Sonatas for Harpsichord Gilbert Rowland (harpsichord) [ Nimbus / CD - released 20/Sep/2008 ] "... a nice mix of recurrently popular Soler pieces with relatively unfamiliar ones ... a useful contribution to the still precarious and comparatively backward discography of Soler." American Record Guide |
SOLER
Sonatas for Harpsichord, Vol. 10 Gilbert Rowland (harpsichord) [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Feb/2005 ] Owing mainly to the tireless efforts of the late Father Samuel Rubio and other editors in making many of his works available in print during the past forty years, Antonio Soler is now justly regarded as the most important composer active in Spain... |
PADRE ANTONIO SOLER
Sonatas For Harpsichord Vol. 12 Gilbert Rowland (Harpsichord) [ Naxos / CD - released 4/Dec/2006 ] "Given the relative lack of competition in most of the works and the bargain price it would be churlish not to recognise the value of this Naxos series." (MusicWeb Jan 2007) |
PADRE ANTONIO SOLER
Sonatas for Harpsichord, Vol. 13 Gilbert Rowland (harpsichord) [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Aug/2007 ] "Very worthwhile music, performances and recording - a fine end to yet another valuable Naxos series" (MusicWeb Feb 2008) |
PADRE ANTONIO SOLER
Sonatas for Harpsichord, Vol. 5 Gilbert Rowland (harpsichord) [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Feb/2005 ] "Rowland makes the right response to every emotional nuance of the music, and the harpsichord (by Robin Jennings after one by Taskin) is a great instrument for his artistry. Fine, concert-like sound." - American Record Guide (Rob Haskins), Jan-Feb... |
SOLER
Sonatas for Harpsichord, Vol. 6 Gilbert Rowland (harpsichord) [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Feb/2005 ] "The interpretations are lively and exuberant." - American Record Guide |
PADRE ANTONIO SOLER
Soler: Sonatas for Harpsichord Vol. 8 Gilbert Rowland (harpsichord) [ Naxos / CD - released 5/Jun/2002 ] "grips you from the first second." - The Times |
PADRE ANTONIO SOLER
Sonatas for Harpsichord Volume 7 Gilbert Rowland (harpsichord) [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Apr/2010 ] "This CD starts with an absolute cracker of a sonata (no. 10 in B minor) a monumental, audaciously virtuosic piece with instant appeal and depth... " Early Music Review |
Griller Quartet/Brain/Gilbert
Mozart:quintets [ Dutton / CD ] |
DANIEL BORTZ / JAN SANDSTROM / FOLKE RABE
Modern Swedish Trumpet Concertos Hakan Hardenberger (trumpet) / Malmo Symphony Orchestra / Gilbert Varga [ BIS / CD - released 1/Nov/2000 ] Critic's Choice-The Best CDs of 2001 (BBC Music Magazine) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concertos Part 1 [Concertos 1, 3, 4 & Triple] Inon Barnatan (piano) Stefan Jackiw (violin), Alisa Weilerstein (cello) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Alan Gilbert [ Pentatone / 2 CD - released 9/Aug/2019 ] "The Academy of St-Martin-in-the-Fields makes its first foray into the complete Beethoven piano concertos with the classy Inon Barnatan." MusicWeb |
KREBS / QUANTZ / BACH / TELEMANN / PEPUSCH / LOEILLET
Rampal and Friends Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute) with Mario Duschenes (flute & recorder) and Kenneth Gilbert (harpsichord) [ Marquis Records / CD - released 1/Mar/2009 ] Masterpieces of 18th-century flute repertoire are performed by the undisputed master of 20th century flute performance. Jean-Pierre Rampal is one of the most celebrated performers of recent years. His 'friends' on this recording are two of Canada's... |
J. S. BACH
Goldberg Variations Kenneth Gilbert - harpsichord [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 14/Jul/2001 ] It was only to beguile the sleepless nights of a Russian court that Bach sent the harpsichordist J.G. Goldberg these "thirty variations for a two-manual harpsichord"… Published in 1742, they have remained the unsurpassed summit of the form. |
PURCELL
Harpsichord Suites Kenneth Gilbert (harpsichord) [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 25/Jul/2014 ] "Gilbert offers an urbane and stylish alternative to Richard Egarr's more theatrical set. Instrument and recording are beautifully married." BBC Music Magazine, October 2014 **** |
J.S. BACH
Italian Concerto BWV 971 etc Kenneth Gilbert - harpsichord [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 2/Jul/2002 ] Exercise into a genuine musical game between nations… |
J. S. BACH
Bach: The Harpsichord Concertos ( 3 CD set) Kenneth Gilbert, Lars Ulrik Mortensen and Nicholas Kraemer / The English Consort / Trevor Pinnock [ Archiv Trio / 3 CD - released 11/Oct/2002 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1700-1760) - "Trevor Pinnock plays with real panache, his scholarship tempered by excellent musicianship." The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs, 1994 |